Author: bsaradmin

In September our radio system had an upgrade. All the Lowland Recue teams in the Thames Valley Police area now have an enhanced ability to communicate with each other on our own digital, encrypted, secure network.

As well as mobile repeaters (transmitters) in our Incident Control Vehicles, there are static repeaters on telecoms masts across Bucks and the Thames Valley policing region that allow us to communicate and coordinate search and other emergency activity between the team members, team operations control and between teams, maximising the organisational and operational coverage across the region.

Pictured are the ICVs of Midshires, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Search and Rescue teams.

Recently several new team members had their navigation skills assessed around the hills and woods of Buckinghamshire. Navingation is an essential part of a search and all team members are required to be competent navigatiors. We are currently training the team up to National Navigational Award Scheme (NNAS) Silver level.

Even when training, the team are fully equipped with PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) to ensure that the training environment is as realistic as possible and that the team are used to operating both the boat and the essential equipment to keep themselves safe.

BSAR volunteers were deployed yesterday. Our first call out since lockdown began. Thankfully the missing person was found safe and well.
Our volunteers are always on call and ready to be deployed 24/7.
For more information on how to support us visit: http://bsar.org.uk

#BSAR was proud to welcome its 14 new trainees in January 2020. We celebrate their participation and enthusiasm during #VolunteersWeek . Although their hands on training has been paused temporarily we have kept them busy with e-learning on a wide range of topics.
#teamwork

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